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Thursday, September 25, 2008

September 25, 2008

Here is today's assignment.Go to Exercise 7 in your book and do questions 1-7, skipping number 4.

1. Find the slope of each segment:

2. Find the slope of each line:

3. On a sheet of graph paper locate the points P(-2, 3) and Q(4, -1). Find the slope of PQ.

5. Describe in words the difference between a positive slope and negative slope.What kind of line has a zero slope?

6. Without drawing the line, find the slope of the line given the two points on the line: